It is expected that water for many of those in the state’s most populous city will have to be provided “for an unknown period of time,” according to Republican Governor Tate Reeves, who declared a state of emergency Monday.
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Mississippi Failed its Residents During a Crisis, So They Helped Themselves
A volunteer grabs a gallon of water at a water and food distribution drive held by College Hill Baptist Church and the World Central Kitchen on March 7, 2021, in Jackson, Mississippi.
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When a winter storm knocked out water service to tens of thousands of Mississippi residents, it was Black families that were hit hardest and who organized their own relief efforts.
For Rukia Lumumba, this time was different.
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Officials in Mississippi’s largest city, Jackson, are aiming to have running water largely restored by the weekend, nearly three weeks after devastating winter weather left tens of thousands of residents without service.
The city was again distributing non-potable water Friday at four sites so people can flush their toilets, and residents must still boil any faucet water before using it for food preparation, drinking, washing dishes or brushing teeth.
Charles Williams, the city’s public works director, said Thursday that workers should soon be able to sample enough water to lift the boil advisory.
“I see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Williams said at a news conference, sounding more optimistic than he did Wednesday, when problems at the city’s treatment plant caused pressure to drop across the entire system. At that time, he estimated that about a quarter of Jackson’s 43,000 water connections most of which serve multiple househol